The ex-equalities minister and Tory leadership hopeful Kemi Badenoch has claimed that she fought a battle with civil servants over the axed children’s gender clinic which has been accused of rushing vulnerable children into treatment.
Kemi Badenoch wrote an article in The Sunday Times of London that claimed that officials told her not to meet whistleblowers and child patients while undermining her enquiries with leaks.
Tavistock
On Thursday, it was announced that the Tavistock Centre in London, which runs England’s only NHS gender identity development service (GIDS) is to close.
A rise in gender dysphoria cases in children means that the NHS is moving to a new model with “strong links to mental health services.” In 2021/22 there were over 5,000 referrals to the clinic, which compares to just under 250 referrals in 2011/12….